"Our circumstances and environment are formed by our thoughts."

 Charles Haanel

‘The Master Key’, (1917)

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You either believe that, disbelieve it, or you are not quite sure. 

Only one of those three choices excuses you from an obligation to exercise your power of will. 

Only one of those three choices places your success firmly in your hands - and before that, firmly in your thoughts.

The following 'picture' comes to mind...

When I was a child, adults used a saying, "It takes all kinds". That saying was uttered in response to someone else acting in a strange way. It was a quick way of signaling the fact people behave in many different ways. That is true: people do behave in very different ways. Often, regardless of their deep beliefs, people behave in very different and unpredictable ways. And, sometimes people behave in fickle, inconsistent ways.

In fact, when you really stop and observe, people are walking/talking contradictions. If that were not the case then we wouldn't have had tom come up with that admonition, "Talk the talk and walk the walk".

Back to, or at least toward, the point behind this post...

Every rational person, at least to a degree, behaves in ways that confirm belief in the view that our circumstances and environment are formed by our thoughts. Every rational person knows that thought precedes action, some of the time if not most of the time. And, every rational person knows that tomorrow’s ‘future circumstances and environment’ are affected by today’s actions, some of which are the consequences of today’s [or yesterday’s] thoughts.

So, every rational person embraces [at least to a small degree] the ‘Law of Attraction’.

And, every rational person places at least a small amount of belief in ‘Power of Will’.

It is only a matter of degree…

...and how we intend to put this belief to good, constructive use.

Around you, the earth is scorched…burned with lack of trust.

Yet…

Somehow: you don't even see the tortured soil or the burning or the burned.

Somehow: oblivious, you sear through leadership with distorted appreciation of your power of ignition.

Somehow: you are fiery-magnetic; you attract the kindling required for your fires; the kindling willingly delivers itself into your flames.

Yes…

You accomplish great feats.

You accomplish great injury.

You place your mark on people, both literally and figuratively.

Yes…

There is awe in leadership by fiery-magnetism.

I’ve had many good days.

I’ve had some bad days too.

Such is the nature of life.

Until recently, I had never experienced a fiascotic day.

This fiascotic day was so bad I had to create a new word to describe it.

I’m talking about a day that hit a new pinnacle of 24-hour utter failure.

Yes – I recognize the word I made up violates the Greek suffix rules. I don’t care…this day violated every rule of mathematics and most of the fundamental rules of the social sciences so why not violate the rules around suffixes. Violation of our fine English language is a minimum violation in the overall scheme of the fiascotic day I’m talking about here.

I’d like to share the details of my fiascotic day with you, however - there’s no point. You would end up witnessing a suffix-violating fellow ranting on about his day of escalating and exploding failures and you would find it all far too fantastic to be believed.

And - I wouldn’t blame you.

Throughout my fiascotic day, I had to pinch myself several times in hopes my perceptions would turn out to be nothing more than a fully unpleasant dream-nightmare. Several times, just before pinching myself, I thought, “This must be some sort of crazy nightmare. What else could explain why everyone else is numbed or oblivious to these relentless waves of carnage?”

Alas, it was not a dream-nightmare.

It was my fiascotic day.